arrest and detention

Couple stand in front of abandoned stone building on slope

Israel wants to deport me from my city of birth

Salah Hammouri 11 November 2020

The attack on me is part of a wider effort to push Palestinians out of Jerusalem. Read more about Israel wants to deport me from my city of birth

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Prisoners denied timely treatment dying in Israeli custody

Jaclynn Ashly 5 March 2020

More than 200 Palestinians have died because they did not receive adequate medical care while in jail. Read more about Prisoners denied timely treatment dying in Israeli custody

People hold up posters with the pictures of four men.

Free, scarred and barred from talking

Hamza Abu Eltarabesh 13 December 2019

Egyptian military accused of torturing Palestinians traveling through the Sinai. Read more about Free, scarred and barred from talking

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Israel stops children from seeing dads in jail

Ola Mousa 17 June 2019

Children born through IVF have been accorded an inferior status. Read more about Israel stops children from seeing dads in jail

Two Israeli soldiers pull on the arms of a Palestinian youth.

New push to stop US funding torture of Palestinian children

Nora Barrows-Friedman 1 May 2019

Minnesota lawmaker Betty McCollum seeks to stop tax dollars from facilitating abuses by Israeli soldiers. Read more about New push to stop US funding torture of Palestinian children

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Khalida Jarrar: "I will never stop speaking out"

Jaclynn Ashly 28 March 2019

Newly released Palestinian lawmaker helped imprisoned women and girls pass their secondary school exams. Read more about Khalida Jarrar: "I will never stop speaking out"

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Released prisoner embraced by strangers in Gaza

Ola Mousa 12 February 2019

After 17 years in Israeli jail, Ahmed Khris is unable to see his family. Read more about Released prisoner embraced by strangers in Gaza

Palestinian dies in 28th year of Israeli imprisonment

Tamara Nassar 8 February 2019

Faris Baroud, arrested before Oslo, spent most of his life in Israeli jail. Read more about Palestinian dies in 28th year of Israeli imprisonment

A man pushes trash with a broom along a street

A village under occupation

Seth Herald 15 January 2019

Issawiyeh in occupied East Jerusalem endures Israel’s neglect and wrath. Read more about A village under occupation

A smiling Imad al-Din al-Saftawi looks at a plush doll held by a smiling young woman

The gifts of freedom

Amjad Ayman Yaghi 3 January 2019

After 18 years in prison, Imad al-Din al-Saftawi finally is able to give his daughter a doll. Read more about The gifts of freedom